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Why Anime Sucks:
All anime about one of several things. S-ex, Robots, Telepathic abilities, Monsters, or a mix of the aforementioned. It does not address real world issues, but rather flirts around them.
Anime is considered popular for only 2 reasons. 1) People watch it to escape their own pitiful harsh existence. 2) They watch it because they can empathize with these non-existent characters and think that if they watch the shows, someday a similar situation may arise in their life where they can do what they saw in their stupidly pathetic anime cartoon.
Now, let’s talk about the type of people who watch anime. Anime watchers (Known as "Anime Freaks" to the rest of the world) are typically socially retarded individuals who can't or don't wish to understand the mainstream crowd, so they decide to alienate themselves by hanging out with other people who are EXACTLY like they are.
Your typical anime freak will think they are "Unique". They take pride in their so called "individuality". They think that being the way they are is cool, because NOBODY else is like them. But there in lies one of life’s GREATEST ironies, because all anime freaks are ALIKE. They talk the same talk, they like the same shows, they act the same arrogant way, they even DANCE alike.
Yes, EVERY anime freak out there thinks they are the -blam!- for being "unique". They even consider it an INSULT if you call them normal, yet the monotonous fools are to stuck up to realize that they are ALL ALIKE. But of course, when you point that out, they change the topic, try to insult you, or cry. Able to easily dish out why mainstream society sucks, but not able to admit the shortcomings of their very own "infallible" world. Anime freaks are so caught up trying to everything they aren't, that they are a waste of resources.
They drag the importance of their natural culture as well. A typical remark to be heard is "We should all speak Japanese" or "I'm moving to Japan when I'm older". Of course, while they try so hard to pointlessly prove that Asian culture is more important and better then the culture they were born into, they seemingly forget that if it wasn't for the culture they are trying to rid themselves of, they wouldn't have the OPTION of choosing how they live.
For the most part, anime freaks are ungrateful, self-absorbed, resource wasting sacks of flesh that should be put right where they belong, in North Korea, where they can live in their epitome of the lifestyle they want to have so badly.
That is why Anime sucks.
[i]Originally Posted by Briggs at the Junkyard Forums[/i]
Hell yeah, dude.

Most of the anime you see on daytime television isn't all that great. Most of it is butchered and edited. In rurouni kenshin,they edit out a guy getting cut in half, most blood, all impalings, swearing.
They even replaced ciggaretes with toothpicks, and the word hell with hades
[Edited on 7/26/2004 9:04:37 PM]

It wouldn't have to be defended if you guys didn't attack it. And of course you don't see people who like like them, because they're cartoons. And i'm sure you'd get defensive as well if someone critisized something you liked.

What I find funny is how defensive you guys are of Anime. THIS is one of the reasons those of us who don't like it think the people who are all into Anime are weird...because instead of just accepting that some people don't like Anime, you go off and get all defensive about it. Honestly, I do think the people who draw it have talent. But I've never seen a human being with giant eyeballs, pin noses, and mouths that fluctuate in size from almost microscopic to big enough to eat an entire cow. Yeah, sure, lots of Anime has stuff like explosions and violence and crap, but I'd rather watch war movies. Not only are they usually based on real experiences, they're cooler too. Also, I think the Japanese are perverts for their Anime. Half their stuff is almost -blam!-. People who draw soft--blam!- cartoon characters flying robots that turn into spaceships and then fight with laser swords and crap like that are a little messed up in the head.

It's no less stupid or unbeleivable than most american movies. It's just a preference, i'd rather watch Samurai X than The matrix. Though watch both and tell me which one you think is more realistic and which one relates more to the real world.

Whoever posted that is a bastard, and so is Master Grunty for hating something that he does not understand. I live a "normal" mainstream life and I enjoy some of the better anime series (around 25% of it; the rest is garbage). What do you watch with your sister, Inu Yasha? Pokemon? That is not representative of the rest of the medium... Anyways, you suck, and I support Halofan91 when I say "I hate you."
[edit] Oh, and by the way, Japan is not mystical and I happen to like the culture I was born into. I just watch anime because it's hard (impossible) to find a good action/sci-fi series to watch on American TV.
[Edited on 7/26/2004 9:33:22 AM]

All I have to say is that I instantly hate these people that claim something like anime sucks. I will let you in on a little known secret... 'Anime' is an animation, which means it is a series of pictures drawn by artists, and then strung together to make what our mind perceives to be a moving picture. If anyone could explain the physics necessary to allow a series of illustrations to create a low pressure zone [i](The first step needed for something to 'suck')[/i]then I will eat my own pinky finger.
Second, it takes these artists years to achieve the skill to draw these kind of images, especcially the skill to be able to draw enough pictures to string into an entire animation...In that case, even if anime is not your thing, you still should respect the hard work those artists put into it.

you said u dont like it becuase it dosnt deal with real life issues, mabey the hero could make protest sighns or attend counsil meetings and stuff, real exciting stuff like that... "quick robin, to the bat fax!"

I like poland...because I'm polish...I also like the east coast or any place on the ocean because of the water...and I also like the carribean and mexico...for obvious reasons...russia is cool too because of their accents and my friend jay lives there...he's fighting in chechnya right now

I absolutely loathe anime. It's annoying and it's Japanese-ly weird. Like Excommunicado, I don't really understand this whole Japan craze. People act like Japan is some mystical place with a mystical culture and everything there is MYSTICAL! Umm...rrrrright. I'm gonna go over to where the sane people are...
I have a friend who is just like that. He thinks Japanese culture is better than what he grew up in and he thinks that Anime makes you the "unique" person. It bugs me.
Long story short: Anime is NOT that cool and Japan is NOT that mystical and awesome. Try living there. I'm sure you'd be sick of the cramped and tiny spaces, expensive cost of just about everything, and crazy-ass food made of carp (puke) and the tiny portions of the nasty food that they give you.

[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Master Grunty
I have been forced to watch anime several times with my #*$#@#! sister, and I absolutely %@#($&*#@ hate it.[/quote]
Whaddaya mean forced? Did she tie you to the couch and tape your eyelids open? You always have the option to getting off the sofa and do something, [b]anything[/b], else if your sister is watching anime.

I personally enjoyed the header thread a lot. In fact I'm saving the thread.
I've never watched anime and didn't think it wasn't lame.
I would have to say I do associate anime freaks with losers, but I know a few good friends who are "anime freaks".
I don't understand the whole Japan craze. American stuff is better (xbox versus gamecube and ps2). Like bungie.
And I don't like the fact that Japans economy is propelled by AMERICA. They don't give any thanks to us. We are the reason they are where they are.
Their constitution is called the McArthur Constitution for crying out loud.
If you wish to further discuss this, PM me.
And no, I'm not racist. Just prideful and territorial.

the real nerds and people with no lives are the ones who spend time making a really long and pointless rant about anime on a HALO site. if you dont like anime,fine. nobody cares. keep your BS to yourself.

ok first off just cuase some ppl watch anime dosn't meen were anime freeks its just like calling a casual gamer a game freek, there are casual anime watchers i am one of them. i dont live anime i dont talk anime (well somtimes with a friend when we watch the same show), i like anime but i dont need it. i do watch it but its no different than some ppl play games or watch football. there are many MANY types of anime: drama, action (and most of them are a combination of both with some realy witty comedy) are my most commonly watched. as a matter of fact anime is no more than a style of drawing and they just add a deeper story to it than our american cartoons.
many animes only look stupid if you dont get a good grasp of the story.
i like lots of anime and these rank among my top: gundam (wing and the first one), crest of the stars, inuyasha, wofls rain, last exile, evangelion (if i could find some more of them), cowboy bebop, chobits, lane (or atleast thats the main charictures name). and who knows what else but just becuase i watch alot dosn't mean i need them there just somthing i like. just like im sure you like foot ball or someother "main streem" thing.
and yes i do have a social life with regular ppl, i just watch in my free time.
[Edited on 7/25/2004 8:15:41 PM]

Oh yes, and we all know that Star Wars and the Matrix are much more realistic and better. Anime is just a preference, i'd rather not watch most american movies, because they all end the same, and most are mindless. (hero wins, guy gets girl, one man kills an army by himself with one clip of ammo, so on). I don't watch any anime, only anime that has a deep story (Evangelion, Hellsing) and you can't watch those without having to think some. I'm willing to bet the animes you watched with your sister are probably sailor moon yu yu hakusho, which i don't call great animes. Although i agree with the comment about many "Anime freaks" Some people who watch it have no life and are rather socially inept, but others watch it in their free time, not religiously. Sounds me to me like you had a bad sup of coffee or took one too many vicodin this morning.